Author: W B Hacker Date: To: exim users Subject: Re: [exim] caution to those blocking files by extension
John Hall wrote: > On 11/4/06, Peter Velan <pv0001@???> wrote:
>
>>>> Will windoze execute a file that ends in dot-space-space-space-exe ?
>>>> dosent the os see this as NOT ending in .exe
>>> I think that windows will happily exec the file, but I don't have a
>>> machine to test on.
>> You are right - WindowsXP with shell cmd.exe:
>>
>> C:\>"xxx. exe" --- will "happily" be executed.
>
> Except your average user is not going to extract the file from the zip
> file and then launch a command prompt in order to run it. If you
> simply double-click the file, Windows does not appear to be willing to
> execute it.
>
> cheers,
> John
>
Somebody could probably get a patent* on that then.
A WinCrobe that WinWOES *won't* 'spread trails' for, to use the Field Artillery
vernacular.
Doubt there is much in the way of 'prior art' and the only competing claim
might be from MS applications that don't load either...
